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The African Petroleum Producers’ Association (APPA) has retained French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel and Canadian law firm Macleod Dixon to perform a review and

Goodluck Jonathan’s new cabinet is packed with surprises that the acting president hopes will cement his authority and speed up government business.

The authorities have named the management team that will carry Sonatrach into the next phase of its investment programme – and through a difficult phase when former key members of the top team are expected to face trial for corruption. The replacements of executives under investigation have not been made permanent, so as not to prejudge the outcome of any trial,

London-based Gulfsands Petroleum has agreed with Australia’s AuDAX Resources to farm into the Chorbane and Kerkouane permits in Tunisia and the adjacent G.R15.PU permit in southern Italy.

Libya’s energy authorities are consulting on draft hydrocarbons legislation to replace the current law which has been in place since 1955.

Dominion Petroleum says it has secured a rig to drill the first well in the Lake Edward Basin of the Albertine Rift. Dominion Uganda has signed a letter of intent with Oil and Gas Exploration Cracow (OGEC), subject to government approval, for a rig to drill Ngaji-1 on Block 4B. The rig is expected to be mobilised in May, with drilling to start in June on the Ngaji (silverback gorilla) prospect. Success will lead to a rapid expansion of exploration and appraisal activity in EA4B and potentially the neighbouring Block 5 in Democratic Republic of Congo (Dominion 46.75%).

The Sapphire Driller jack-up rig has started drilling the first of four wells on the Etame permit for Houston-based Vaalco Energy.

BG has named Dr Arshad Sufi as president and general manager for BG Egypt, replacing Tim Blackford

Officially known as Law 25, Libya’s oil law was introduced in 1955, four years after the country became the first to declare independence under the auspices of the United Nations. Oil exploration started in the country in 1953, and US major Esso made the first

AfDB loan for refiner, Sasol contract for Foster Wheeler

Tullow Oil has indicated it could bring in more partners to develop the planned pipeline and refinery components of its Ugandan oil project.

The board of PetroSA has approved the next stage of development of the Coega refinery project, despite suggestions from BP that it might turn out to be an expensive white elephant.

Vanco Energy Company has announced a gas and condensate find with the Dzata-1 exploration well on the Cape Three Points Deep Water Block. Dzata-1 was drilled in a water depth of 1,878 metres some 75km south of Cape Three Points and represents the deepest water exploration well drilled so far in the Ghanaian Tano Basin.

London-based Victoria Oil & Gas has announced better-than-expected test results from the La-105 well on the Logbaba permit on the outskirts of Douala, which it is developing for supply to industrial consumers (AE 180/4).

The Zambia Public Procurement Authority has selected Glencore Energy as the preferred bidder to supply 1.4m tonnes of petroleum feedstock over the next two years (AE 181/25).